Monday, May 10, 2010

New room will be 20x25, and will be kitchen, dining, and sm. family area.
Kitchen will be against 17 foot-long wall.Looking into cost of moving sink & dishwasher to island so i can look at family area/ backyard windows instead of 17-foot-wall.

I need a place to hang my huge white board. Can't think if I can't draw.

crazy thought: smart board.

Openness.
I never wanted a kitchen/family room combo, but I'll do anything to get my kitchen into the back of the house. Counter-height islands look lovely in model homes, but there's a mess on the counters every night when we eat dinner. I'm wondering about half walls, not counter height, to conceal the makings of dinner. Possibly higher than bar height.

Cabinet ideas:
--Not into exotic woods, or even apparently expensive woods cherry. Though wood is nice. But I'm open to non-wood.
--Modern probably means flat front. However, floating panels were invented to keep cabinet doors from warping so flat-front wood looks a bit contrived to me now.
--bamboo?
--those stripes of wood framed in metal Jennifer put in at City Lofts
--Those cabinets like Jennifer put in the bathrooms in that other City Loft (I took picture)
--Not espresso. I've seen so many espresso cabinets, I've decided it's 2008.
--my friend's Arclinea kitchen is beautiful.

Counters.

Quartz.

or Granite.

and/or some stainless steel.

love marble, but don't see it in an Eichler.

Flooring

will be the same throughout the house. Probably tile. Current kitchen is tile, fwiw.

Do Not Want, at this point.
--Pot filler. I don't like pasta, though I'm making it once a week.
--Don't like glass doors, since things inside the cabinets are a bit of a jumble.
--Especially don't like open shelving, because without cabinet doors we get dust.
--Second prep sink. Just don't get it. I don't think I want the kitchen big enough to justify it.
--Second dishwasher. I was against this before, but I am getting a little seduced by the idea.

Extravagant ideas:

gaggenau hood. Because removing smoke and odors is a priority. I love a great exhaust fan.